How To Install youtubedl-gui on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install youtubedl-gui on Debian 12.
What is youtubedl-gui
youtubedl-gui is:
Graphical interface to yt-dlp, the CLI for downloading videos from a variety of sites. Allows control of format, resolution, audio and video codecs, etc.
There are three methods to install youtubedl-gui on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install youtubedl-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install youtubedl-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install youtubedl-gui
Install youtubedl-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install youtubedl-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install youtubedl-gui
Install youtubedl-gui Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install youtubedl-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install youtubedl-gui
How To Uninstall youtubedl-gui on Debian 12
To uninstall only the youtubedl-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove youtubedl-gui
Uninstall youtubedl-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall youtubedl-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove youtubedl-gui
Remove youtubedl-gui Configurations and Data
To remove youtubedl-gui configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge youtubedl-gui
Remove youtubedl-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove youtubedl-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge youtubedl-gui
Dependencies
youtubedl-gui have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install youtubedl-gui package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
